All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.

I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.

It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.

One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.

It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life.

Before, I thought I was actually fighting for my own self-worth; that is why I so desperately wanted people to like me. I thought their liking me was a comment on me, but it was a comment on them.